Near the end of Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’ titular character is rescued in one of the most daring scenes of the past decade-and-a-half, only to break down into an emotional wreck moments later.

The film is based on the real-life hijacking of the U.S. ship Maersk Alabama in 2009, and on the memoirs of Richard Phillips, the captain of the title. Tom Hanks is outstanding in the role ...

Why you should care: Hanks and Greengrass previously collaborated on "Captain Phillips" In 2013, director Paul Greengrass and actor Tom Hanks teamed up to deliver "Captain Phillips" — one of the ...

Stop what you're doing and watch these kids! Cate Blanchett mesmerizes in Blue Jasmine; Tom Hanks takes on terrorists as Captain Phillips; Shia LaBeouf is Charlie Countryman; Machete Kills ...

Tom Hanks has been involved in some of the most ... Other entries in the top 10 include Catch Me If You Can, Apollo 13, and Captain Phillips, which all have completely different tones and cater ...

Curious George was originally a character in Forrest Gump until Robert Zemeckis cut him: 'That monkey's gotta go' Tom Hanks went 'bug-eyed' with terror filming ...

In his new film, News of the World, Tom Hanks rides a horse and ... reunites for the first time with Hanks since their 2013 outing, Captain Phillips. This time, they’ve ditched the open water ...

There was Captain Phillips in 2013 and Sully in 2016 ... Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City was also fantastic, and Hanks was fantastic in it, but that wasn’t a “Tom Hanks film”, really. In fact, he hasn’t ...

Made when Hanks' box-office clout was on the decline, this performance based on the true story of a captain and his ship that is hijacked by Somali pirates proved he's still got it. Hanks dips his ...

Tom Hanks stars as the captain of a container ship that is hijacked by Somali pirates in this Oscar-nominated thriller. Violence/flashing images. We’re sorry, the ...

The captain is taken hostage when the raiding party hijacks the vessel, resulting in a tense five-day crisis. Fact-based thriller, starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi.